Rape, murder, torture, road crashes and other acts of violence claimed the lives of 986 children in the country last year.

Singapore Airlines, one of the leading airlines in the world, has introduced brand new Airbus A350-900 aircraft on Dhaka-Singapore route to give passengers a more comfortable and inflight entertainment journey.

The cost of living in Dhaka went up by 6.5 per cent in 2019 due to hike in prices of commodities and services, says Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB).

Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (Duta) will form a human chain programme on the campus tomorrow protesting the rape of their student in the capital’s Kurmitola area on Airport Road Sunday night.

Chief of National Human Rights Commission Nasima Begum says the Dhaka University student who was raped in Kurmitola on Sunday night can recognise the rapist if she sees him.

A total of 605 policemen receives 'IGP’s Exemplary Good Service Badge' award in recognition of their performances with honesty and devotion in the last one year.

Students of Dhaka University have been continuing their demonstration for the second consecutive day protesting the rape of one of their fellow students in Kurmitola on Airport Road Sunday night.

Detective Branch (DB) of police is now investigating the case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital’s Kurmitola area on Sunday night.

Jagannath University authorities yesterday suspended four students for allegedly ragging a female student on the campus. The girl, a first-year student, is yet to spend a week on campus as her classes began on January 1.

A Chattogram court yesterday sent 23 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami to jail after they surrendered before the court in a case filed with Double Mooring Police Station over subversive activities and assaulting police in 2018.

Bangladesh Railway is going to change schedules for 35 intercity trains starting January 10, Rail Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said yesterday.

Concerned authorities yesterday withdrew five police personnel of Fatullah Model Police Station, on charges of negligence in duty.

Officials from Chattogram Metro unit of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) distributed 300 blankets among cold-hit people in different areas of Rangamati yesterday.

Freedom fighter Md Tariqul Islam passed away at his elder son’s residence at Syedpur town of Nilphamari due to old age complications. He was 76.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening marking the first anniversary of her current government formed through the December-30, 2018 general election.

Nine years have passed since the murder of Felani Khatun, who was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), but her family’s wait for justice is not over yet.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking a directive on the Election Commission to defer the date (January 30) of Dhaka city corporation elections, as Saraswati Puja is also on that day.

A culture of impunity is leading to recurrence of incidents of rape and sexual violence against women in the country, said different socio-cultural, professional and rights organisations yesterday, expressing deep concerns over Sunday’s rape of a Dhaka University student.

Undervaluing women’s unpaid care work is directly linked to poverty, domestic violence and is a barrier to women’s empowerment, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

As authorities concerned have failed to take any visible effective measure so far to control Aedes mosquito outside Dhaka, there is a huge risk of dengue outbreak this year.